"Hegua River Basin: Gone!" "Hundreds of miles of Badlands up in smoke"
Hegua River Basin: Gone!
Hundreds of miles of Badlands up in smoke
a special report by Anna Lee Scott, broadcast over the radio and journal network and transcribed in the Badlands Bulletin
This is Anna Lee Scott of the Badlands Bulletin, reporting to you on this tragic Amicus morning from the blast site. It's still hard to believe that a piece of the continent could disappear overnight, but standing here on the edge of a sheer rock face, staring down into the dizzying emptiness below...it's impossible to deny. The Hegua region used to be a basin of rivers and lakes tucked into the crook of the Badlands mountains. Now, there's nothing but swirling clouds.
The explosion hit at 1:34 a.m. precisely, a fact half of Reial can attest to. Those closest to the Hegua Lake area heard an ear-numbing blast, while those further away heard only a strange, distant roar. However, all of Reial felt the aftereffects of the blast: the worst cloudquake on record. Experts say we are fortunate Reial is still floating; the unstable swaying of the continent for hours after the impact is a harsh reminder of the fact that we do not understand what keeps this continent above the cloud layer. Though we are fortunate that no cities except for the abandoned town of Antrim were caught in the blast itself, cloudquake damage reports are still coming in. Though the cities on the northwestern side of the continent escaped shaken but mostly unscathed, many of the less stable buildings in Colvus and Shashta have collapsed, and even Melior and Berum have their share of damage.
No one has come forward yet to take responsibility for this disaster, though both Ivona and Vohemar have been quick to point fingers at each other. The Badlands Unification Movement and Erealia have yet to release statements, though I can see a representative from Kropmork has already arrived on the scene to express his symp--no, my mistake, he appears to have set up shop.
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...Well. It's good to know Kropmork's indomitable spirit of commerce has not been dimmed by this disaster. We can only hope that the other nations of Reial can match Kropmork's zeal and recover from this unprecedented crisis.
Hundreds of miles of Badlands up in smoke
a special report by Anna Lee Scott, broadcast over the radio and journal network and transcribed in the Badlands Bulletin
This is Anna Lee Scott of the Badlands Bulletin, reporting to you on this tragic Amicus morning from the blast site. It's still hard to believe that a piece of the continent could disappear overnight, but standing here on the edge of a sheer rock face, staring down into the dizzying emptiness below...it's impossible to deny. The Hegua region used to be a basin of rivers and lakes tucked into the crook of the Badlands mountains. Now, there's nothing but swirling clouds.
The explosion hit at 1:34 a.m. precisely, a fact half of Reial can attest to. Those closest to the Hegua Lake area heard an ear-numbing blast, while those further away heard only a strange, distant roar. However, all of Reial felt the aftereffects of the blast: the worst cloudquake on record. Experts say we are fortunate Reial is still floating; the unstable swaying of the continent for hours after the impact is a harsh reminder of the fact that we do not understand what keeps this continent above the cloud layer. Though we are fortunate that no cities except for the abandoned town of Antrim were caught in the blast itself, cloudquake damage reports are still coming in. Though the cities on the northwestern side of the continent escaped shaken but mostly unscathed, many of the less stable buildings in Colvus and Shashta have collapsed, and even Melior and Berum have their share of damage.
No one has come forward yet to take responsibility for this disaster, though both Ivona and Vohemar have been quick to point fingers at each other. The Badlands Unification Movement and Erealia have yet to release statements, though I can see a representative from Kropmork has already arrived on the scene to express his symp--no, my mistake, he appears to have set up shop.
...
...Well. It's good to know Kropmork's indomitable spirit of commerce has not been dimmed by this disaster. We can only hope that the other nations of Reial can match Kropmork's zeal and recover from this unprecedented crisis.